Device for turning bottoms of skirts.



No. 854,294 PATE'NTED MAY 21, 1907. M. ApKELLY. DEVICE FOR TURNING BOTTOMS OF'SKYIRTS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED AUG. 13, 1906.

m6 1? ell gamma/ 1 UNITED STATES MARY AGNES KELLY,

.01? NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR TURNING BOTTONIS OF SKIRTS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application fileclAugust 13, 1906. Serial No. 830,389.

To (bl/1 1071/0117, it TIQ/LLZ/ concern:

Be it known that I, MARY AGNES KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Device for Turning Bottoms of Skirts, of which the following is a specification.

One of the hardest things in dressmaking is to turn up the bottom of a skirt so that it will hang the same distance from the ground all around. This has to be done with the skirt in position, as it is diflicult to get accurate measurements f orthis purpose from the waist, owing to the way a skirt may hang and to irregularities of the figure. This op eration is now done by fitting a skirt in place and then going around the bottom of the same with the hands and turning up and pinning or chalking the proper line. This operation is a difficult one and one that does not necessarily lead to the desired result, even if done by a skilled fitter.

The object of this invention is to provide a device by which this operation can be accurately, readily and quickly performed without the need of a skilled fitter.

To this end, the invention consists of a folder, usually made in trough-shape form, arranged on a stand for gaging from the floor. The folder is usually made adjustable on the stand. By setting the folder at the desired height and starting a fold in the skirt, the folder can be progressively moved around the bottom of the skirt and the fold turned up all the way around the same distance from the floor, and by pinning or temporarily securing the fold as it is made, the skirt can be fitted. to hang the same distance from the floor all the way around.

The device is shown in the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in operation, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale showing the device.

In detail, A designates a suitable base projecting from which are twoposts BB forming a stand. Each of these posts is provided with a series of notches or holes and each post is graduated for adjusting purposes.

C designates the folder. This folder is usually made out of a piece of brass bent to the proper shape and is usually nickel plated so as to present a smooth surface. The folder is cut out as at D. Secured to the top of the folder is a piece of spring wire E, which is bent to have projecting arms which may be snapped into the holes in the posts BB.

In operation the folder is set to proper position on the posts. The device is then placed in position under a part of the skirt and the bottom of the skirt is turned up so as to form a fold in the bottom of the folder C. With the stand resting on the floor the device is then moved around the bottom of the skirt and the fold temporarily fastened. This will progressively carry the fold around the bottom of the skirt and will insure that the finished bottom of the skirt will be eX- actly the same distance from the floor all the way around.

The cut-away portion D in the folder forms a convenient place for pinning the fold as it is progressively made and this pinning will be accurate as it is done between two rigidly held portions of the fold. Thus, by

this device, the adjusting of the bottom of a womans skirt can be accurately performed.

The device may be made in many different forms and shapes for carrying out this invention without departing from the scope of my invention as expressed in the claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A turner for skirt bottoms, comprising a trough-shaped folder having an aperture at the bottom thereof for receiving apin or other fastening means to secure the fold.

2. A turner for skirt bottoms, comprising a trough-shaped sheet metal folder having an aperture in thebottom thereof extending through both folds, through which the fold in the skirt may be secured by a pin or the like.

3. A turner for skirt bottoms or the like, comprising a pair of upright posts, a folder,

and resilient means for holding the folder in adjusted positions between the posts.

4. A turner for skirt bottoms, comprising a pair of upright posts graduated by notches on their contiguous faces, a folder, a double armspring secured to the folder and adapted to engage with said notches to hold the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set folder in adjusted positions. my hand, in the presence of two subscribing 5. A turner for skirt bottoms, comprising witnesses. at base, posts projecting therefrom and pro- MARY AGNES KELLY.

5 vided with notches, and a trough-shaped folder having spring arms for engaging in said notches.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN F. DE JANES, K. A. EDGECOMBE. 

